SUBMERGED JET OF A CONDUCTING FLUID IN THE PRESENCE OF THE MAGNETIC FIELD

We consider a steady flow of a viscous incompressible conducting fluid. New exact solution of the magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) equations is obtained, when the flow is induced by the point source of hydrodynamic momentum located at the end of a semi-infinite linear conductor with a set value of the electric current. The effects of the confinement of the current density and the loss of existence of the solution with the finite values of electric current and various values of the Reynolds number and the Batchelor number (magnetic Prandtl number) are found. The non-self-similar problem is considered, when the flow is induced by the point source of momentum, angular momentum, flow rate and electric current that are set at the origin. In this case, the first term of the asymptotic expansion of the velocity at the infinity is described by the exact solution of the Navier – Stokes equations of the submerged jet (Slezkin – Landau – Squire solution). We analyze the conservation laws. It is shown that the induced magnetic field reduces the intensity of the jet flow.

Keywords:
magnetohydrodynamics, exact solution, jet flows.
УДК 532.516:537.84

SUBMERGED JET OF A CONDUCTING FLUID IN THE PRESENCE OF THE MAGNETIC FIELD